BCGEU President Darryl Walker comments on the coming three days of public service bargaining with the provincial government.

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UK public sector pay freeze (10Mar10)

by vikas on March 11, 2010

Gordon Brown announces a public sector pay freeze to the higher earning in the sector. He projects it will save £3bn. Even using New Labour’s rigged £175bn borrowing binge figure for 2009/10, what will £3bn do to the deficit? The actual UK deficit is £2.5Trillion, once all the crooked PFI contracts and other off balance sheet accounting is taken into consideration. If Jacqui Smith thinks it’s “the right thing to do” for those public sector workers, when is she going to give back the £116000 she took from taxpayers that the was NOT entitled to? Recorded from The Daily Politics, 10 March 2010.

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Women happier than men – but only by 15mins a day

March 11, 2010

Melbourne, Mar 11 (ANI): When it comes to how much pleasure we get out of life, its the women who walk away smiling.
But the difference between ladies’ happiness and men’s is only 15 minutes a day, reports The Courier Mail.
According to Social Policy Research Centre fellow Dr Roger Patulny, from the University of NSW, both [...]

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Top Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur among 14 killed in US drone strike

March 11, 2010

Peshawar, Mar.11 (ANI): At least 14 suspected Taliban insurgents, including top extremist commander, Hafiz Gul Bahadur, were reportedly killed in a couple of US drone attacks in North Waziristan.
Acccording to sources, in the first attack, an unmanned aircraft targeted a vehicle firing four missiles in Macha Madakhel at Dada Khel tehsil, killing six terrorists.
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Clarke desperate to return to Test side

March 11, 2010

Melbourne, Mar 11 (ANI): Michael Clarke, who abandoned the ODI series in New Zealand to return to Sydney and decide whether or not to continue his relationship with fiancee Lara Bingle, is expected to rejoin his Australian teammates on Saturday for the Test series against the Kiwis
The Australian vice captain is yet to tell team [...]

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Average women spend $13k each on makeup in their lifetime

March 11, 2010

New York, Mar 11 (ANI): An average woman will spend 13,000 dollars on makeup during her lifetime, a new survey has found.
The UK’s Daily Mail reported, according to the study a woman spends about 180 dollars every 12 months on cosmetics for an average 65-year life span, reports The New York Daily News.
The average breakdown [...]

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Indian-origin taxi driver Hiren Mohini’s murderer hid badly injured leg before escape

March 11, 2010

Auckland, Mar.11 (ANI): The man suspected of killing an Indian-born Auckland taxi driver, Hiren Mohini, reportedly told his flatmates in the days following the murder that a badly injured leg was caused by a game of basketball.
One female resident told the New Zealand Herald that he had to use a stool to walk around the [...]

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Oz team sympathetic towards Clarke

March 11, 2010

Melbourne, Mar 11 (ANI): Australian vice captain Michael Clarke has got the sympathetic backing of his teammates over abandoning the ODI series in New Zealand to return to Sydney and decide whether or not to continue his relationship with fiancee Lara Bingle.
“Many of them have had personal dramas over the years that have come [...]

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Chewing gum can give you wrinkles

March 11, 2010

New York, Mar 11 (ANI): A constant gum-chewing habit can cause wrinkles to pop up, health experts warn.
People who chew gum compulsively are likely to develop wrinkles around their mouth, according to doctors.
As per Dr. Joel Schlessinger, a dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon from Omaha, Neb., many of his patients who chew gum regularly have developed [...]

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I GO BY MY INTUITION AS AN ACTOR- Purab Kohli

March 11, 2010

March 10, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): In an exclusive one-on-one, PURAB KOHLI tells JYOTHI VENKATESH that he feels that he has come a long way as an actor considering that he did not even want to be an actor!
What is your role in Hide and Seek?
I play the role of Om Jaiswal in Hide and [...]

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